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Faysal Abdou Kolkailah, Ph.D., P.E. Vitae AFFILIATION Professor Aerospace Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo CA 93407 Telephone: (805) 756-2393 Facsimile: (805) 756-2376 e-mail: fkolkail@ /~fkolkail/ EDUCATION Louisiana State University, Mechanical Engineering Department Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1980-1982 Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering “A Finite Element Analysis of High Temperature Fatigue and Creep at a Stress Concentration.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Majored in Solid Mechanics (Fracture Mechanics, Advanced Fatigue Analysis, Composite Structure Analysis and Design, and Structural Mechanics). Structure Dynamics and Optimum Design as a minor field. University of Cincinnati, Aerospace Engineering Department Cincinnati, Ohio. 1977-1980 Ph.D. Graduate Studies in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science 1978-1980 (A.B.D) Constitutive Models for Inconel 718: Experimental and Analytical Study. Composite Structures and Design: Analytical Study. Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering 1977-1978 “Buckling and Vibration of Circular Cylindrical Shell.” M.S. Thesis. Majored in Aerospace Structures and Continuum Mechanics. Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer as a minor fields. Cairo University, Aerospace Engineering Department Cairo, Egypt. 1972-74 Graduate Studies in Aerospace Engineering (A.B.D) Aeroelasticity: Pressure and Velocity Distribution on an Airfoil Wing. A Wind Tunnel Experimental Study. Cairo University, Aerospace Engineering Department Cairo, Egypt. 1964-1970 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Spacecraft Design with “Rocket Design” for senior class team design and senior project. TEACHING ACTIVITIES California Polytechnic State University, Aerospace Engineering Department San Luis Obispo California. 1984-present Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Chairman of the Tenured Faculty Directing post-doctoral research, doctoral dissertations, master theses, senior projects, and indepe